Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 47
... ment . Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each , the highest merit we ascribe to Moses , Plato and Milton is that they set at naught books and tradi- tions , and spoke not what men , but what they thought . A man should learn to ...
... ment . Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each , the highest merit we ascribe to Moses , Plato and Milton is that they set at naught books and tradi- tions , and spoke not what men , but what they thought . A man should learn to ...
Page 65
... ment of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that thing . But perception is not whim- sical , but fatal . If I see ...
... ment of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that thing . But perception is not whim- sical , but fatal . If I see ...
Page 69
... ment of transition from a past to a new state , in the shooting of the gulf , in the darting to an aim . This one fact the world hates ; that the soul be- comes ; for that forever degrades the past , turns all riches to poverty , all ...
... ment of transition from a past to a new state , in the shooting of the gulf , in the darting to an aim . This one fact the world hates ; that the soul be- comes ; for that forever degrades the past , turns all riches to poverty , all ...
Page 82
... ment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but dif- ferent from all these . Not possibly will the soul , all rich , all eloquent ...
... ment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but dif- ferent from all these . Not possibly will the soul , all rich , all eloquent ...
Page 114
... service cannot come to loss . If you serve an ungrateful master , serve him the more . Put God in your debt . Every stroke shall be repaid . The longer the pay ment is withholden , the better for you ; for 114 COMPENSATION .
... service cannot come to loss . If you serve an ungrateful master , serve him the more . Put God in your debt . Every stroke shall be repaid . The longer the pay ment is withholden , the better for you ; for 114 COMPENSATION .
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